Media Digest 12/8/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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Reuters:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments

Reuters:   Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package.

Reuters:   Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle top management.

Reuters:   The US pay czar will exempt some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees.

Reuters:   GM is in talks to sell part of Saab to China-based SAIC.

Reuters:   The labor market problems may be in their final phases.

Reuters:   Bernanke says the economy still faces “headwinds.”

WSJ:   Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) are fighting with the US over conditions for TARP payments.

WSJ:   Lending is still tight according to the Fed.

WSJ:   The airline industry appears headed for a recovery.

WSJ:   Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) says the US and UK may show they can cut debt to keep “AAA” ratings.

WSJ:   FedEx (NYSE:FDX) lifted its outlook.

WSJ:   RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) set a distribution deal with China Mobile (NYSE:CHL)

WSJ:   Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) countered Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) with new search features.

WSJ:   GM and Ford (NYSE:F) will begin big competition in the small car market.

WSJ:   Seagate is expanding beyond the storage disk business.

WSJ:   Dubai World may sell assets.

WSJ:   The FTC will review Google’s deal to buy AdMob

WSJ:   German luxury car companies have strong sales in China.

WSJ:   The EPA said greenhouse gases are dangerous.

WSJ:   The advertising market in the US will be stable next year according to one forecaster.

WSJ:   News Corp (NYSE:NWS), Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), and other publishers will form an alliance to create content for tablet PCs and e-readers.

WSJ:   S&P sees dividends increasing next year.

NYT:   An overhaul of major debt rating agencies is unlikely.

NYT:   A technology used to mine natural gas make cause pollution.

NYT:   GM will spend significantly on new models.

NYT:   State labor officials and the long-term unemployed are pushing Congress to extend benefits.

NYT:   NY Attorney General Cuomo is focusing his probe of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) on an executive who is a candidate for the CEO job.

NYT:   Universal, Sony (NYSE:SNE), and EMI will start a music video site.

NYT:   The FTC and other groups are far apart on rules for online privacy.

Bloomberg:   Obama says there is no silver bullet for job creation.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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